The project is just one of many on del Toro's plate. The director is currently shooting the monster flick Pacific Rim, working on Trollhunters for DreamWorks, developing a Haunted Mansion movie for Disney AND directing two monster projects for Universal - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein. Whew.

The project started out as an adaptation of Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of the Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley but has since developed into its own story. Warner Bros. the studio setting the Beauty and the Beast project, has hired Andrew Davies to write the script. Davies' credits include the Bridget Jones' Diary movies and 2011's The Three Musketeers. No release date has been set.